What lessons should progressive political parties who want to win elections be learning? Adrian Goldberg hears from Sam Alvis a former Labour party advisor, who worked in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow treasury team and with Ed Miliband on energy policy.

Sam recently returned from Washington, where he met with Joe Biden’s former White House staff, along with Senators and Representatives to ask what went wrong for the Democrats.

 Sam has co-written a report for the Institute of Public Policy Research called "It’s The Cost Of Living, Stupid", riffing on Bill Clinton’s former mantra, and it comes as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government sets out a long term industrial strategy for the UK.

 Produced in Birmingham UK, by Adrian Goldberg.

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